Chapter 10: The Dance!!! Charlie's goodbyes!!!

I walk into my room and sit down on my bed. I lean over forward. Hmm…maybe I should tell Alex before he leaves tomorrow. All of a sudden the door opens. I look and Alex is standing in the doorway.

"so I hear, that your going to become a Pokemon trainer?" he asks.

"yeah, that's true" I reply.

"well then good luck" he comments smiling.

I am shocked by his reply. He quickly see's that I am bewildered and shocked.

"hey…who am I to stop you? It's probably something you need to do" he adds chuckling.

Alex walks over he holds his hand out.

"hold out your hand" he insists.

I reach my right arm out and he sets something that feels like cold metal in my hand. I look at it and it is a locket in the shape of a Riolu head. I open it and there is a picture of everybody that I know here, including Ms. Linda as well. I look at Alex.

"thanks man"

"yeah it's no problem…now about the dance. Let's get ready to go. Make better memories than before!" he insists chuckling.

"I didn't ask Kari" I inform him.

"yeah it's probably better that you don't especially since ya'll are going separate ways" Alex comments.

We quickly run on over to the gymnasium. There is slow music playing, students are everywhere, talking and laughing. Some are crying as well. This dance is really quite amazing. There are Pokemon here as well. Riolu quickly spots Eevee standing on her hind legs dancing. He jumps off of my shoulder, runs to her and begins dancing as well. I can't help, but chuckle at his weirdness. Alex and I quickly rush over to the buffet table. There is probably every type of food spread out on this table. As Alex goes down the table snatching food I walk out of the gymnasium and lye on the ground.

I begin staring at a starry night sky. You can see every star perfectly in the sky. The temperature is luke warm outside making lying on the ground more comfortable. The moon's dim luminescent glow slightly lights up the courtyards.

"Mom…Dad, am I really doing the right thing?" I whisper into the night sky.

All of a sudden Riolu lands on my chest.

"hey! Quit being so Down about everything. I'm sure they would've supported your decision either way" Riolu comments.

Riolu? He has a good point. I pet Riolu's head and chuckle.

"your right"

All of a sudden there is bunch of screaming followed by an explosion, coming from the gym. Riolu and I quickly run back in. There are 2 mysteriously dressed men again and that same scientist Kale from before who had that Onix. The 2 henchmen have Eevee and Casey in their arms. There is also a large balloon looking contraption behind them.

"ah, there you are" Kale chuckles evilly looking at Riolu and I.

He throws two pokeballs. Two Raticate appear from them. Me and Riolu run over to them. Students try using their Styler's, but their jammed and won't work. Riolu is ready to fight the first Raticate. Alex and Sneasel run over and prepare to take out the second Raticate.

"Riolu! Run towards them!" I yell.

"Raticate! Use Hyper Fang!" Kale yells.

Raticate begins running towards Riolu with it's teeth glowing.

"Jumps and use Iron Tail!"

Riolu jumps evading the hyper fang, then he flips backwards bringing his tail down on Raticate. Raticate is forcefully sent flying back into the gym Bleachers. I look at Sneasel and the other Raticate has landed a hyper fang on him. Sneasel is stuck in Raticate's jaws yelling out of pain.

"Aura Sphere!"

Riolu quickly lands and Fires an Aura Sphere at Raticate, forcing it to let go of Sneasel and to hit the gym wall. Sneasel is sent flying in mid air. Alex dives on the floor catching Sneasel in his arms. The first Raticate jumps from the bleachers towards Riolu.

"Quick Attack, Raticate!"

"Riolu! Force palm!"

Riolu waits for Raticate. He lifts his left arm. As soon as Raticate and Riolu's paw collide, there is a strong wind that knocks everybody back. Raticate is launched back by the blast and knocked unconscious. The second Raticate struggles back up.

"Aura Sphere!"

Riolu fires another Aura Sphere knocking the other Raticate unconscious as well. Kale quickly returns his Raticate and jumps in the balloon. The henchmen let go of Casey and Eevee and jump in the balloon as well. The balloon quickly floats away. Riolu's legs collapse and he lands on his knees. He is breathing heavily. I run over, pick him up, and hold him in my arms.

"you did great, Riolu" I complement chuckling.

"thank you, master"

His eyes close from exhaustion and he loses consciousness. I quickly take Riolu to my room and set him on my bed. I fall asleep in exhaustion as well.

I feel someone shaking my left shoulder. I slowly open my eyes and yawn. I look to my left and Ms. Linda is standing there, smiling."I heard the news"

"what news?" I ask bewildered.

"that your going to pursue to be a Pokemon trainer" she replies smiling.

"oh, yeah that" I grunt.

"I think it's good that your pursuing what makes you happy" Ms. Linda giggles.

"yeah, everybody says that" I reply.

"well I have something for you…it's a little something from us, school faculty" she comments.

Mr. Richardson walks into the room, chuckling. He is carrying a nap sack and medium sized rectangle box. Ms Linda takes the Box and opens it. There are clothes in it.

"these are for your journey. We know that you parents died years ago and that you lived in an orphanage before coming here. So we kind of took the liberty of buying these clothes for you. Mr. Richardson walks over and hands me the nap sack. I take it from him. I gently pull it open. There are pokeballs, some potions and some other supplies. The thing that caught my eye the most is a box inside the bag. I take it out and open it. There is a small device.

Mr. Richardson see's my fascination with the little device.

"that is the Poke Navigator X…it's not even in stores yet. It has a conference screen, GPS, and some other stuff as well" he informs me.

"why did ya'll get master all of this stuff?" Riolu asks sitting up.

"because we have high hopes for him." Mr. Richardson replies chuckling.

They have high hopes for me? Then I don't need to let them down, if that's true…I will represent this school and Vientown.

"you know you don't have to stick around for graduation, you only need to graduate if your going to be a ranger" Ms. Linda informs me.

"I'm going to stick around long enough to see Casey and Alex Graduate" I insist.

"it might be better if you leave now…goodbye's aren't fun" Mr. Richardson informs sympathetically.

He has a good point. Good bye is not something I need to say. I'll see them again.

"your right…I'll leave"

I go into the bathroom and change into my new clothes. I quickly leave with Riolu to Vientown. I start walking over the bridge towards Vientown. "hey wait up!" someone yells.

I turn around and I see Alex, Casey, Eevee, and Sneasel running towards me. They stop right in front of me.

"you didn't think you'd get off without a goodbye, did you?" Casey asks giggling.

"Yeah, don't leave us hanging like that" Eevee Agrees.

"good luck man" Alex comments giving me a thumbs up.

My heart is getting heavier by the second. I look at Riolu and he is crying uncontrollably.

"hey Riolu!" Sneasel yells.

Riolu looks at him.

"get stronger! I'll be looking forward to a battle with each other!" he yells choking up on tears.

Tears begin to pour from Sneasel's eyes. Everybody can't help but laugh at Sneasel. Sneasel begins to chuckle himself.

"I'll always remember this goodbye…thanks guys" I comment with a single tear from my left eye traveling down my cheek.

I turn around and begin to walk off into the distance of the sunrise.

End of Season 1 !!!

Next Season: Pokemon League X